单词 | holy week |
释义 | Holy Weekn. The week immediately preceding Easter Sunday, also called Passion Week n. (Old English séo hálge wucu was used for Rogation Week.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Holy Week > [noun] throwingeOE passionOE paschOE swiwike?c1225 pace1385 Passion Weekc1460 Great Week1612 Holy Week1710 Semana Santa1831 passion-tide1847 Maundy-week1868 1710 London Gaz. No. 4685/1 The Pope..designs to officiate at some of the Functions of the Holy Week. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Holyness Holy Week, is the last Week of Lent, call'd also Passion Week. 1812 J. Brady Clavis calendaria I. 255 The week was called the ‘Great Week’..the Holy Week from the extraordinary solemnities practised throughout its continuance; and Passion Week. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 403/2 We have said that in Holy Week the Church commemorates Christ's Passion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1710 |
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